The onset of COVID-19 has led to the introduction of far-reaching digital interventions in the interest of public health. Among these, digital contact tracing has been proposed as a viable means of targeted control in countries across the globe, including on the African continent. This, in turn, creates significant ethical challenges for vulnerable communities, including LGBTQIA+ persons. In this research paper, we explore some of the ethical implications of digital contact tracing for the LGBTQIA+ community. We refer specifically to the digital infringement of freedoms, and ground our discussion in the discourse of data colonisation and Big Tech. We propose a critical intersectional feminism towards developing inclusive technology that is decentralised and user controlled. This approach is informed by a feminist ethics of care that emphasises multiple lived experiences.
@article{arxiv.2108.10096,
title = {The Ethical Implications of Digital Contact Tracing for LGBTQIA+ Communities},
author = {Izak van Zyl and Nyx McLean},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10096},
year = {2021}
}
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In proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, 2021